Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2015	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 305/8

from Ch. 48, par. 138.8

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, with respect to the computation of compensation to be paid to an employee who had previously sustained an injury resulting in payment of compensation for partial disability for injuries not involving serious and permanent disfigurement and injuries for which the Act provides a schedule of benefits, the amount of the prior award for the partial disability with respect to the same portion of the body shall be deducted. Limits cumulative awards for partial disability to 500 weeks, which shall constitute a complete loss of use of the body as a whole. Provides that injuries to the shoulder are deemed to be injuries to the arm and injuries to the hip are deemed to be injuries to the leg. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
11/7/2013	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kyle McCarter
11/7/2013	Senate	First Reading
11/7/2013	Senate	Referred to Assignments
11/7/2013	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
11/14/2013	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
12/3/2013	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
1/29/2014	Senate	Assigned to Labor and Commerce
3/5/2014	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (LC)
3/28/2014	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/13/2015	Senate	Session Sine Die

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